The Panama Canal Authority has announced enhancements to its Green Connection Environmental Recognition Programme, which aims to encourage the shipping industry to mitigate the environmental impact of their operations. The initiative is an incentive-based system that includes the Green Connection Award, the Environmental Premium Ranking and the Emissions Calculator. In a statement issued yesterday (20 […]
Local accounting and advisory firms in three Latin American countries – Costa Rica, Panama and Puerto Rico – have joined international professional services networks. In Costa Rica, CGS-CPA & Consultores, based in San José, the capital and largest city of Costa Rica, has joined Morison KSi, an association of 150+ professional service firms active in nearly 90 […]
The new regulation, which entered into force on May 17, updates the terms and policies on health records of medicines in Panama. The Regulation containing 611 articles was published in Gaceta Oficial No. 28776-B, and establishes two procedures for granting sanitary registrations, one regular and the other abbreviated, which applies to medicines coming from countries […]
The first ministerial appointments have marked the new government”s priority in rebuilding Panama”s economic model and cleaning up the country”s international image after a streak of corruption scandals, Panamanean observers think. Besides, they indicate an unequivocal road to keep neoliberalism, despite campaign promises of solving the most overwhelming problems of broad sectors of society, […]
China might join Peru and Bolivia in building an intercontinental railway across Latin America, Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra told Reuters on May 17. Peru and Bolivia “need a third partner to help turn it into reality,” Vizcarra said. Asked if China would be a good fit for the role, he said, “Yes, of course, because […]
Newsroom Panama reports of a big first here in Panama. The first 200 tons of Panama produced meat destined for the Chinese market will soon be on its way. On March 28, the Government of Panama obtained the code to export meat to China deemed at the time as “historic”. The Panamanian Government sees in […]
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In early May, Panamanians selected Laurentino Cortizo of the center-left Revolutionary Democratic Party to be their next president. His election comes as Panama faces a major challenge: strengthening its political institutions to clean up endemic corruption. The spillover effects of massive illicit finance operations at the behest of crumbling Venezuelan and Nicaraguan dictatorships make this […]
Panama, May 17 (Prensa Latina) The president of the Central American and Caribbean Sports Organization (Odecabe), Steve Stoute, held an audit meeting here to oversee preparations for the 24th Central American and Caribbean Games 2022. During the meeting with the organizing committee of the event, which will be held in this capital, the senior […]
Island-hop through paradise in the Las Perlas archipelago, a chain of more than 250 mostly uninhabited islands in the Gulf of Panama. Located about 30 miles from the mainland, Isla Contadora serves as the jumping off point for snorkeling the idyllic castaway cays on nearby Chapera, Boyarena and Mogo Mogo. June through October brings migrating […]